King’s Entire Athletic Training Graduating Class Pass Certification Exam on First Attempt

July 3, 2014 - All 11 members of the Class of 2014 of the King’s College’s Athletic Training Program have passed the national Board of Certification (BOC) certification examination on their first attempt.

Students become eligible for BOC certification by either completing or being in their last semester of study in an athletic training degree program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.  Certified athletic trainers are recognized by the American Medical Association as Allied Health Professionals.

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King’s College’s Joint Engineering Program with University of Notre Dame Exceeding Expectations of Students and Admissions Officers

July 2, 2014 - Given the overall demand for qualified engineers among leading businesses and the academic reputation of the University of Notre Dame, King’s College officials were confident that the dual degree program in engineering that was announced in 2012 would be a popular option for high school graduates. The high level of popularity it has reached in a very short time frame has exceeded all their expectations.

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King’s Student To Present Paper on Forgiveness at International Conference at Oxford University

June 15, 2014 - Debbie Gross, a junior King’s College student and West Pittston resident, has had a paper accepted for presentation at an international conference to be held at Oxford University in England this summer.

Gross will present her paper, titled “As Lions, As Lambs: Forgiving the Unrepentant Wrongdoer,” at the 7th annual “Forgiveness: Probing the Boundaries” Global Conference to be held in July at Mansfield College, part of Oxford University. Gross is a philosophy and psychology double major at King’s.

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King’s student Vittoria DeGiosio awarded Emerging Voices scholarship

June 11, 2014 - Vittoria DeGiosio was recently awarded a $2,500 “Emerging Voices” scholarship presented by the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) and Ford Motor Company Fund. She is a senior majoring in mass communications and political science at King’s College.

As a scholarship recipient, DeGiosio was provide journalist content for AWM’s website. She was awarded the scholarship based on two writing samples, both of which will be published on the website. She was presented the scholarship at the AWM’s annual Gracie Awards luncheon held recently in New York.

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King’s Faculty Members Earn Teaching Awards

June 11, 2014 - Three members of the King’s College faculty were presented teaching awards during the College’s recent 65th annual Commencement exercises.

Sharon Fredericks, adjunct faculty member in the chemistry department, second from left, was presented the Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award.

Father Tony Grasso, C.S.C., rear, professor of English, received the Max and Tillie Rosenn Award for Faculty.  The award was established by the late Max Rosenn, former Senior Circuit Judge of the Third District Federal Court, and his wife, Tillie.

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